The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-11

own strength and WISDOM that they
thus addressed the Latter-day Saints.
Although they may never have had the
benefits of a college education, still,
they stand before. not depending upon
their own strength but in the
strength and might of the gospel.
How different this way OF the Saints
from the common order of things in
religious societies where ministers
stand up before their congregations.
They are those who have been college
bred, those who have become con-
versant with the sciences and the.
| dead Languages with = view that they
should be qualified thereby to speak.
1t IS not so with our elders, who are
taken from the pillow. the workshops,
and dlfferent vacations of life. We de-
pend upon God; and in all our works
| and labors, and in all the success that
attends US in our labors, we feel that it
has been God who has wrought il.
have been highly pleased with the
remarks and sentiments that have
been uttered from this stand since rhe
commencement of this confer
ence; feel that we have
| had a good conference. and sill
will have during the remainder o,
tn Conference. feel thai the Latter
day Saints are advancing; that they
are receiving an education. We are get
ting up higher and higher. We are
advancing to higher condition and
sphere and to a higher plane, ana we
are receiving such al education that
the wisdom of the world with al its at
talnments and false doctrines and
principles, will have no effect upon the
Latter-day Saints, for they are rising.
above the theories and hypothesis of
human inventions and SOarlngln things
OF truth that raise the mind, eXalt The
understanding and establishing them,
more and more fully In the true princi-
pies of life and glory. VS. are filed in
our hearts with these truths and we
cannot tell the day or tn hour in which
! our 1aith has been increased but we
feel, when we look back over the last
week, month or year, that we have in
creased in faith and in the knowledgeof
faith and power of God; we know that
we have got nearer our God and we feel
that We are in fellowship with God our
Father.
Well. my brethren and sisters.
feel to say, God b'ess you
God bless you in your houses and in
your lands, God bless you in your
children, God bless you IN your flocks
and your herds, and in everything that
pertains unto you. And pray to God,
IN the name of Jesus, that you and |
may try every day to keep little more
faithful II a. we may try to be little
better 10 day than yesterday. that we
may try and have a little more love
and affection toward our neighb0rs as
we are told that upon this hangs the
law and the prophets. Ito love the
Lord, our God, with all our might.
with all our mind, and with all our
strength, and our ntighbOr as ourself."
ITO DO unto others as we would have
Others do unto us" This Is according
to the law and tie prophets These are
principles We should and must learn.
If We don't learn them of ourselves,
God will place Us in circumstances
where we will be compelled to learn
them. We should be friends every
where and to everybody. There is no
Latter-day Saint that hates the world ::
but We are friends to the world, we are
obliged to be, so far as they are con-
cerned We must learn To extend our
charity and labor in the intere SITS of all
mankind. This is The mission of the
Latter-day SalDts-nOt simply cOnfine.
| 1T to ourselves, but to spread it abroad,
as IL OF ne cesSity must be extended 10
all mankind. In the very beautiful
discourse of Brother Game, speaking Of
the variance of our relationship
TO our nation and TO our government
why, we are the friends of rhe nation
God demands it of us. Joseph, in
Egypt, was : friend to the Egypiian
nation God demanded it OF HIN. and
he worked ioT the benefit Of hat nat:on
and God helped him so 20
do. Pharaoh, the XII & of
Egypt, had sense epcush r. uu-
derstand and know the MAJ that wonid
best promote the inter, SITS of tie nation.
and he employed Joseph for that pur-
pose and he raised joseph to the high
est rank. He made him his first
counselor, and joseph labcred
in!enlly for the interests of that people
and nation, and God helped ana made
so great thatno man could accomplish
so much for the interest and ber eft of
that nation as did Joseph.
So with Daniel. Daniel was q friend
to the nation. He was friend 10 Neb-
uchaduez Za,r and,God helped HIN. And
Nebuchadnezzar had sense enough 10
understand and comprehend it and be
raised Daniel TO be one of his counselors.
Daniel labored all the time, He was
faithful friend to the king and the
people, Darius had sense enough to
understand that if any man could help
him il was q Daniel; but through per
secution and jealousies Daniel was
nnally OecreSu 10 De thrown INTO den
of lions. And King Darius felt so bad,
and it afflicted MN so much TO know
OF his being thus prosecuted, that be
said that during the entire night ne was
sleepless. He allowed no music to be
heard in his halls, but early in the
morning he went and called upon the
man. hoping God would say, him from
toe mouths of the lions and his heart
gloried and he was filed with gratitude
that he vas thus marvelonsly pre-
served. So it will be with the Latter
day Saints. We will be the friend to
this nation. We are bound to be. The
people and citizens composing this ma
ton are the children of God. They are
his offspring as much as you
and ] are. They are ignorant.
They know not what they aye
doing when they persecute this pei pie.
They are like the people OF Nineveh. to
whom the prophet of the Lord was
called to go to warn them of their. de-
struction forty days beforehand. Bat
they did differently to what the people
are doing to-day. Those who heard